A region of central Kentucky noted for its lushly growing bluegrass and the breeding of thoroughbred horses.
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
Bluegrass region
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US History Encyclopedia:
Bluegrass Country
Bluegrass Country, a region of about 8,000 square miles in north central Kentucky, is named for its nutritious grass. European settlement, coming from Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas, started in the mid-1770s, and the region was well settled by 1800. The fertile soil, especially around Lexington, attracted many of the old agrarian gentry who were granted or bought large tracts of land, created estates, usually with slaves, and continued their former way of life. Smaller farmers occupied interstices between large farms as well as the less-fertile outlying areas. The region produced tobacco, hemp, and grains, and bred livestock, especially horses. The undulating countryside, with meadows, trees, rock fences, and elegant buildings, presents a patrician landscape, much like that of an English park. A similar region with a similar history is located in middle Tennessee.
Bibliography
Alvey, R. Gerald. Kentucky Bluegrass Country. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1992.
Aron, Stephen. How the West Was Lost: The Transformation of Kentucky from Daniel Boone to Henry Clay. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Davis, Darrel H. The Geography of the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. Frankfort: Kentucky Geological Survey, 1927.
Raitz, Karl B. The Kentucky Bluegrass: A Regional Profile and Guide. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, Department of Geography, 1980.
———. "Rock Fences and Preadaptation." Geographical Review 85, no.1 (1995): 50–62.
Trimble, Stanley W. "Ante-Bellum Domestic Architecture in Middle Tennessee." In The American South, vol. 25 of Geo-science and Man, edited by R. L. Nostrand and S. B. Hilliard. Baton Rouge: Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, 1988: 97–117.
—Stanley W. Trimble
WordNet:
Bluegrass
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an area in central Kentucky notied for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses
Synonyms: Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region
Wikipedia:
Bluegrass region
The Bluegrass region is a region of the United States, mostly in northern
Kentucky, containing a majority of the state's population. The region is centered on
Lexington, Kentucky, with other major
metropolitan areas including, Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio and extends into southern Ohio. The Inner Blugrass region (shown in light green on the accompanying map) includes the counties of
Franklin, Scott,
Harrison, Woodford,
Fayette, Bourbon, and
Jessamine .
The region gets its name from bluegrass, the common name for grass of the genus Poa, which is a favored lawn and pasture grass in the eastern United States from Tennessee northward.
The Bluegrass region is characterized by underlying fossiliferous limestone, dolostone, and shale of the Ordovician geological age. Hills are generally rolling, and the soil is highly fertile for growing pasture. Because of this, the Bluegrass is well known for its horse farms. However, the area is becoming increasingly developed with residential and commercial properties, particularly around Lexington. Farms are losing ground to this development and are slowly disappearing. This has led the World Monuments Fund to include the Bluegrass region on its global list of 100 most endangered sites. [1]
The Kentucky Bluegrass is bounded on the east by the Cumberland Plateau, with the Pottsville Escarpment forming the boundary. On the south and west, it borders the Pennyroyal Plateau, (also called the Pennyrile), with Muldraugh Hill, another escarpment, forming the boundary. Much of the region is drained by the Kentucky River and its tributaries. The river cuts a deep canyon through the region, preserving meanders that indicate that the river was once a mature low valley that was suddenly uplifted. Particularly near the Kentucky River, the region exhibits karst topography, with sinkholes, caves, and disappearing streams which drain underground to the river.
Although Bluegrass music is popular throughout the region, the genre is actually indirectly named for the state rather than the region.[1]
The overall climate for this region of the Unites States is a humid subtropical climate and it is located within the Upland South region of the United States.
The World Monuments Fund has listed the "Bluegrass Cultural Landscape" on its 100 Most Endangered Spots on Earth.[2]
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 Bluegrass and rock fence of local limestone in central Kentucky. |
 Kentucky River in the Bluegrass region. |
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